What: In exchange for $175 (or $300, if you want to take a breakfast basket home) you'll get to bake bread with Daniel Boulud, learn to make fresh corn tortillas or homemade challah bread, suck down the specialty cocktails, etc.

Where: La Marqueta, 1590 Park Avenue, NYC (below 115th Street)

When: Thursday, March 3, 5pm – 9pm.

Why:Hot Bread Kitchen is a non-profit bakery that supports low-income women, preserves traditional baking methods and focuses on local and organic ingredients, so you can feel doubly good about the fresh baked bread and free drinks.